Apple appeals 500-mn-euro EU fine

The European Commission successful April slapped Apple with the good for preventing developers from steering customers extracurricular its App Store to entree cheaper deals successful breach of the bloc's integer contention rules. Photo: Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP/File
Source: AFP

Apple filed an entreaty connected Monday against 500-million-euro good imposed by the EU and accused Brussels of forcing the US tech elephantine to marque changes that are "bad" for users.

The European Commission successful April slapped Apple with the good for preventing developers from steering customers extracurricular its App Store to entree cheaper deals successful breach of the bloc's integer contention rules.

"Today we filed our entreaty due to the fact that we judge the European Commission's determination -- and their unprecedented good -- spell acold beyond what the instrumentality requires," Apple said.

"As our entreaty volition show, the committee is mandating however we tally our store and forcing business presumption which are confusing for developers and atrocious for users. We implemented this to debar punitive regular fines and volition stock the facts with the (EU) court," it added.

Apple past period announced changes to its App Store outgo rules successful Europe to debar steep caller regular fines, including allowing developers to connection antithetic outgo options straight to consumers wrong their apps. The committee is present assessing those changes.

The EU imposed the good nether its landmark Digital Markets Act -- which Apple often slams, saying it has nary prime but to marque the changes nether menace of ample penalties.

Source: AFP